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Moshe Koussevitsky

… a post at Temple Beth El in Brooklyn , NY . While living in New York , Koussevitsky toured in America , South Africa and …

Gustav Mahler

… a post as the Director of the Metropolitan Opera and of the New York Philharmonic. Mahler’s musical beginnings in Vienna …

… a performance which established the status of their new music in the eyes of critics. [1] The next year, they … which was performed at Madison Square Garden in New York. Nardi established a girls' choir, and invited the … Aviv in 1977 following several brain strokes. The Tel Aviv City Council, then headed by mayor Shlomo Lahat, conducted …

Sholom Secunda

… family. In 1896 the Secunda’s moved to Nicholayev, a port city with a population of approximately 175,000, located at … In 1903, the Secunda's eldest son Velvel escaped to New York to avoid the Russian army mandatory draft. He was the …

Gershon Sirota

… . He attended services at all of the synagogues in the city, exposing himself to a myriad of local and original … In 1912 Sirota and Low arranged a concert tour in New York, performing at several prestigious locations, including …

Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)

… Pilderwasser to Weisser. In order to establish himself in New York City, Weisser took many short-term positions officiating …

Mordekhai Hershman

… the Russian Empire, today Chernihiv in Ukraine and died in New York City on January 30, 1941. Several sources have misprinted …

Alter Yehiel Karniol

… for a short while to work at the Ohab Zedek Synagogue in New York , returning to Russia to take a position of chief … the onslaught of pogroms in 1905, Karniol left Odessa for New York , where he was re-hired at the Ohab Zedek …